Education

Advocates hope the Delaware County Homicide Database will help reduce gun violence. It documents 503 homicides from 2005 to 2019.

Education officials say Pennsylvania's governor expects to let school districts modify or end the mask mandate for K-12 students in January.

It’s taken seven years to reach this critical juncture in Pennsylvania’s landmark school funding case. Now, the real arguments begin.

The city health commissioner says third-party inspections are necessary because public trust has eroded with the district’s handling of school building problems.

School librarians hear the question all the time: Why do we need school libraries and school librarians when students have the internet?

The comedian drew on stories from her mother, a longtime Philadelphia public school teacher.

Violence this academic year has felt unrelenting.

Susan Bunting rolled up her sleeves to deal with an array of issues, including a global pandemic and the struggle to improve Wilmington schools.

In the wake of widespread virtual classes, candidates for school board are in the last days of the most intense, divisive races they’ve ever seen.

The listening session at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church was the final opportunity for the public to weigh in on Superintendent William Hite’s replacement.

Superintendent William Hite said schools should remain open to provide students with a “sense of community and support services that they need.”

The report includes a series of recommendations to improve the gap among all sports tournaments, going beyond the first set of recommendations.

Those include families without transportation, people with limited income or other financial hardship, people who don’t speak English, and children with special needs.

Delaware State is the first HBCU to join the U.S. Agency for International Development’s effort to fight food insecurity in Africa and elsewhere.

It happened at the Philadelphia Learning Academy - South in the 4300 block of Westminster Avenue.